Then and now

Each new item beside the archive item it descends from. The archive is on the left, the way it was; the 2026 item is on the right, the way it is.

About nine hours per charge from Logitech in 2005; up to 22 hours with the case, and noise cancellation, for $129 in 2026.

Twenty-one years, $400, and the display is still your problem.

The original, from the January 2007 keynote, is the phone Ternus measures the Duo against.

The 8GB iPhone, $599 in 2007; the iPhone 18 Pro, $1,199 in 2026, with an aperture that moves.

Intel came in with the MacBook Pro and iMac in January 2006; it goes out with macOS 27.

The Power Mac G5 shipping on schedule in August 2003; a Mac Studio with 36 CPU cores shipping September 22, 2026.

Windows Update carried propaganda in June 1999; in September 2026 it carries a patch and not yet the taskbar.

The Mac OS X Public Beta, September 2000; the macOS 27 public beta, 2026, with a Siri that talks back.

Halo reached the Mac in December 2003, years after the PC; Apple's toolkit now exists to shorten that wait.

Mac OS X out next Saturday, March 2001; macOS 27 out next week, September 2026, and the Intel Macs out with it.

A proof-of-concept Trojan hiding in an MP3 in 2004; infostealers posing as Apple's own tools in 2026.

The last time the top job changed hands in a hurry, July 1997; a hardware engineer takes it in 2026.

A $161 million quarterly loss in October 1997; $109.4 billion of quarterly revenue in 2026.

A keynote-day notice for Steve Jobs in January 2001; the same notice for John Ternus's first keynote in September 2026.